Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-10-18 15:48
I'm revisiting this thread because I mail-ordered one of those Vandoren B45 mouthpieces from Ferree's last week. As an advanced amateur, I've been playing mostly vintage or antique instruments that play best with old mouthpieces. However, in 2006, I bought a 1977 Buffet R13 in A, and this spring, my husband gave me a 1973 Buffet R13 in Bb for my birthday. I've been curious about the much-touted but also much-reviled B45 while maintaining my Certified Cheapskate credentials by hoping one would turn up super-cheap at a flea market, but I needed to order some pads from Ferree's anyway and besides, you can wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which hand fills up first, so --.
Anyway, my amateur opinion is probably worth approximately US$0 (ritual disclaimer: I have no connection with either Vandoren or Ferree's except as a customer, and nobody's asked my opinion), but here it is: I've read that B45s are variable, so maybe I just got lucky, but IMHO, this is an excellent mouthpiece. It's my best mouthpiece, by far, on those two modern R13s.
I've read comments that this mouthpiece is too resistant. Not for me. It does need a classical embouchure, but it's less resistant than the old mouthpiece I've been using on Buffets from the 1930s. It feels comfortable. Nothing about the B45 draws my attention to it. It seems normal, in a good way: there's nothing weird about it. I like it a lot and it's going to be my regular mouthpiece for those two modern clarinets.
Lelia
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Post Edited (2010-10-18 15:49)
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